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An'''My Chemical Romance''' is an American rock band, often used (and mocked) as a prime example of the [[Emo (Music)|Emo]] genre. However, the lead singer (and much of the band) would be rather annoyed by the comparison. Gerard Way, the lead singer, has been known to dislike the genre, calling emo "a pile of shit". They have on occasion referred to themselves as "what-else-you-got emo" and "violent pop". They have also been described as "vampire and zombie rock". Their music is best defined as hardcore, yet melodic, and in some instances anthemic. They formed in [[Joisey|New Jersey]] around 2002 with their first song, Skylines and Turnstiles. The band claims that the theme and style of their music was initially inspired by their feelings during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Please don't confuse them with [[My Bloody Valentine (Musicband)|My Bloody Valentine]], who are a British [[Shoegazing]] band who similarly have nothing to do with them.

* ''[[The Black Parade (Music)|The Black Parade]]'' (2006)

* ''[[Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys (Music)|Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys]]'' (2010)

* [[AutotuneAuto-Tune]]: In the bridge of 'The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You'. Also used much more subtly in 'Cancer'.

** [[Bob Dylan (Music)|Bob Dylan]]'s "Desolation Row" for the [[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]] soundtrack.

** [[The Misfits (Music)|The Misfits]]' "Astro Zombies".

** [[Pulp (Musicband)|Pulp]]'s "Common People".

** [[Blur (Musicband)|Blur]]'s "Song 2".

** [[The Smiths (Music)|Morrissey's]] "Jack The Ripper".

** [[Mariah Carey (Music)|Mariah Carey]]'s "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

* [[Documentary Episode]]: ''Life on the Murder Scene''.

* [[Dye or Die|Dye or Be Recognized at Comic Con]]. Apparently, the blonde hair at the 2010 SDCC was Gerard's "costume" so he could buy He-Man action figures in peace.

* [[Emo (Music)|Emo]]: Although the band would disagree, they do have alot in common with classic/post-harcore emo. While snobby punks will claim otherwise, they aren't really scene emo since they have to much of a [[Hardcore Punk]] influence to really be an emo pop band. In addition they were an important band in the early 2000's post-hardcore scene along with Thursday and [[AFI]].

* [[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies]]: "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville", which doubles as a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Dawn of the Dead (Filmfilm)|Dawn of the Dead]]''.

* [[Funny Afro]]: Ray Toro, [[Fan Nickname|the Man with the Plan, the Torosaurus,]] has a positively EPIC afro. Over the years, his is the only hairstyle that has remained relatively constant, only darkening in color and deflating somewhat during [[The Black Parade (Music)|The Black Parade]] and [[Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys (Music)|Danger Days]]. It even has a (fake) [https://web.archive.org/web/20121113002418/http://raytorosfro.tumblr.com/ blog].

* [[The Glasses Gotta Go]]: Once again, Mikey Way, except ''he'' decided they had to go (and got Lasik).

** NME claims that [http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp240/BessHoudinisMCR/101110-mcr-outtakes-5.jpg Ray] is now "getting fat" and has "doughy lovehandles". In actuality, he's completely normal.

* [[Joisey]]: With the exception of Bob Bryar, everybody is from New Jersey.

* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: The songs that aren't [[Tear Jerker (/Music)|Tear Jerkers]] have [[Crazy Awesome]] music that [[Ear Worm|you can't get out of your head]], set to lyrics that often induce [[Squick]] when you actually ''listen''.

{{quote| [http://www.imnotokay.net/my-chemical-romance/gerard-way/ "That's what happens when you're all borderline psychotic and therein lies the beauty of this band - our duality. There's a duality to each band member too. There's a desire to have this constant conflict. If we write a write a song and it turns out really poppy, we have to make the lyrics really fucked up. There's psychosis to everything we do for sure. One day we're probably gonna write this number one pop tune that will be about a massacre!"]}}

{{quote| '''Gerard:''' Cawfee, cawfee, goin' to get cawfee!}}

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Mikey Way wore 'em. Though when combined with Mikey's perpetual apathetic expression, comes off as [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]].

* [[One -Woman Song]]: ''Helena''.

** It's a [[Take That]] at ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'', which is ''even better''.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Played straight in the case of ''Three Cheers of Sweet Revenge'', where "fuck" is only heard twice in the whole album. (It still got a Parental Warning sticker.)

** Also happens in individual songs, like ''Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back'', which has one loud F-bomb in the middle.

* [[Porn Stache]]: Frank sports one sometimes. Makes him look like [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]].

* [[Prison Rape]]: "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us In Prison", which seems to be a subversion of [[Double Standard Rape (Male Onon Male)]]. The laughter at the end is the singer going insane and threatening to burn down a hotel.

* [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]]: The basic theme of the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudX66IBat8 I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]" video.

* [[Shout -Out]]: A fair number of their songs contain references to other things.

** "Vampire Money" is gosh darn full of it. The song was written in response to the band's choice to not write a song for the ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' movies, [[David Bowie (Music)|David Bowie]] and Mark Bolan get a [[Title Drop|Name Drop]] and the opening is almost a perfect copy of "Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet.

* [[So My Kids Can Watch]]: Their appearance on [[Yo Gabba Gabba!]] performing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAx8kNfFcc "Every Snowflake is Different"] might be this.

* [[Take That]]: As mentioned above, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3L6T0dfHa0 "Vampire Money"] is a pretty snarky one directed at ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]''.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Gerard when he had bleached his hair right before the release of [[The Black Parade (Music)|The Black Parade]].

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Their Music Video for their song "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" recounts the plot of the movie ''[[Audition (Film)|Audition]]'', interspersed with clips of them playing.